Evil Requires No Reason.

If Every Library Is In Some Sense A Reflection Of Its Readers, It Is Also An Image Of That Which We Are Not, And Cannot Be.

Without Leskov There Would Be No Bulgakov, No Chekhov, But Also No Garca Mrquez And Julio Cortzar. . . . Leskov Is The Essential Storyteller: He Does Not Portray Life, He Creates It In All Its Wonder And Terror And Magic.

The Starting Point Is A Question.

In A Library, No Empty Shelf Remains Empty For Long.

The Association Of Books With Their Readers Is Unlike Any Other Between Objects And Their Users.